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No. 243,958. Patented July 5,1881.

jvwenima' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

AARON OSBORNE, OF GEORGETOYVN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LEROY G.OSBORNE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

PROVISION-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,958, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed June 4, 1881. (hlodcL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON OSBORNE, of Georgetown, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvementsin Provision Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to provision-safes, and more especially to the safefor which Letters Patent were granted to me, hearing date July 20, 1880,and numbered 230,195.

The present invention consists in jointing or hinging the several sidesone to another in such mannerthatthe entire body may be folded into aflat compact form for shipment or storr5 age, the top, bottom, andshelves being either made removable or hinged to the body, and adaptedto fold against the sides of the same when the latter is folded orcollapsed, as preferred.

The invention further consistsin certain detailsof constructionhereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved as safe, with the top raised to show its under side; Fig. 2,avertical transverse section of the same; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, viewsillustrating slightly differing forms or arrangements of the joints.

The object of my invention is to produce a 0 safe which may be readilyfolded into a compact form for shipment or storage, or set up for usewithout the use of tools or the assistance of skilled labor.

To this end the invention consists in con- 5 nectin g each section ofthe body to the adjoining sections by means of hinges applied to thejoints altern atelyinside and outside of the body, whereby the entirebody is rendered capable of collapsing or folding fiat together withoutthe removal of any of its sides.

The arrangement of the joints and their number may be considerablyvaried without departing from the nature of my invention, provided thehinges be applied to the inside at one joint and to the outside at thenext.

Referri n g, now, to the drawings,A represents the safe, which, in thepresent instance, is shown as consisting of four sides, a, adapted toform, when the safe is set up for use, a rect- 5o angular body, asshown. As represented in the several figures, the sides are connectedone with another by hinges B, placed inside and outside of the body atthe several joints alternately. The arrangement of joints which I preferis that represented in Figs. 1 and 3, by referring to which it will beseen that the front and rear sides or sections extend past the ends ofthe sides proper, thus producing a uniform appearance of the front andback at both sides pr edges, instead ofexposing the edge of either orboth of the side sections. When thus arranged it will be seen the sideswill fold together, as represented in Fig. 3, causing the sides properto stand in line with each other, and the front and back portions to lieagainst the outer faces of the same on opposite sides. Instead of thisarrangement miter-joints may be formed at the several corners, as shownin Fig. 4, and the hinges applied to the joints alternately inside andoutside of the body, in which case the front and one side and the backand remaining side will fold inward and come into contact, as showninsaid figure. In lieu of either of these arrangements the sides maybearranged each to project past the edge of the next, as shown in Fig. 5,the hinges being applied in the same manner as in Fig. 3, and the bodybeing thereby caused to fold into the same form, substantially as underthe arrangement there represented.

The number of sections may be increased as desired, but in any case thehinges should be applied alternately inside and outside, as under sucharrangement only can the joints be rendered close and tight and thebodybe caused 8 5 to fold compactly.

For the purpose of maintaining the body in its expanded form orcondition for use, the top bottom, or a shelf may be made to fit closelywithin the rectangular body or frame. 9

In practice I prefer to place the bottom within the body inthis manner,and also the shelves, as shown in Fig. 2, in which 0 represents thebottom resting upon a ledge, b, and D a shelf filling the interior ofthe frame or body, and 9 5 supported by cleats or blocks 0, which lattermay be either fixed or adjustable.

The top E is provided on its under face with cleats (l, or may be madewith a depending por-' tion to fit within the upper end of the frame orbody, to which it is secured by hooks F and eyes G, attached to the bodyand top respectively, or by any equivalent means.

Instead of making the top, bottom, and shelves detachable from the body,they, or any one or more of them, may be hinged to the body and adaptedto fold against the face of its sides, in order to permit the collapseof the body.

The sides are constructed of open frames furnished with wire-gauze,perforated sheet metal, glass, or other material commonly used in thepanels of provision-safes.

The front, or one or more sides, will be provided with a door to permitaccess to the interior. In the present instance a door, H, is shown inthe front, divided vertically through the middle to permit it to openout in a small space. This feature may, however, be omitted.

The hinges may be of any suitable form, and, if preferred, may haveloose pintles, by the removal of which the sides maybe separated, ifdesired for any reason.

Having th us described my invention, what I claim is-- the sides onefrom another.

3. In combination with a collapsible body of a provision-safe, a boardor stretcher adapted to fit within the body and to hold the same in anexpanded condition, substantially as set forth.

4. The collapsible body for a provision-safe, consisting of parallelsides, and of a front and back extending to the outer faces of saidsides, the parts being connected by-hinges applied to the joints, insideand outside of the body alternately.

AARON OSBORNE. Witnesses:

LEROY 0. STURGES, ELIZA A. SANFORD.

